Welcome to your Drainage (Quiz)
1.
What is the Meghna River formed by?
2.
Where does the Brahmaputra take a 'U' turn to enter India?
3.
What type of drainage pattern resembles the branches of a tree?
4.
What separates two drainage basins?
5.
What is the world's largest drainage basin?
6.
Which states in India are part of the Indus river basin?
7.
Which of the following rivers forms the Sundarban Delta?
8.
What type of lake is the Chilika Lake?
9.
Which action plan was launched to address river pollution in India?
10.
Which is the largest Peninsular river?
11.
The Sambhar lake in Rajasthan is an example of which type of lake?
12.
Which river is known as Jamuna in Bangladesh?
13.
What type of drainage pattern is exhibited by the Ganga River System?
14.
What is the main cause of river pollution in India?
15.
Which distributary of the Ganga flows southwards through the deltaic plains to the Bay of Bengal?
16.
Why are most Peninsular rivers seasonal?
17.
What is the primary goal of the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP)?
18.
Which drainage pattern develops where hard and soft rocks exist parallel to each other?
19.
The largest saltwater lake in India is located in which state?
20.
In which country does the mainstream of the Ganga enter after Farakka?
21.
The ‘Marble Rocks’ near Jabalpur are associated with which river?
22.
Which city is located on the water divide between the Indus and Ganga river systems?
23.
What is the total length of the Ganga river?
24.
Which river is also known as ‘Dakshin Ganga’?
25.
Under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), how many interstate rivers are covered?
26.
Where does the Indus River rise?
27.
Name two rivers of Peninsular India that flow westward.
28.
Which characteristic is true for Peninsular rivers?
29.
The Sundarban Delta is named after which tree?
30.
Which tributaries of the Ganga cause annual floods in the northern plains?
31.
Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?
32.
What is the Brahmaputra called when it enters Arunachal Pradesh?
33.
Which tributary of the Kaveri river is known for its hydroelectric potential?
34.
Where does the Narmada River rise?
35.
What causes streams to flow in different directions from a central peak?
36.
How many towns are targeted under the NRCP for pollution abatement works?
37.
At which point does the Ganga River bifurcate?
38.
Which lake is formed by the damming of a river for hydropower?
39.
Which is one of the longest rivers in the world, with a total length of 2900 km?
40.
When was the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Phase-I declared closed?
41.
Which tributary is NOT part of the Indus river system?
42.
What is the approximate length of the Krishna River?
43.
Which major tributary of the Ganga meets it at Allahabad?
44.
Which river has the largest drainage basin in India?
45.
What percentage of the Indus river system's water can India use according to the Indus Water Treaty (1960)?
46.
Which river forms the world’s largest riverine island?
47.
What percentage of the world's surface is covered by water?
48.
The Kaveri river creates which famous waterfall?
49.
Which of the following rivers forms an estuary?
50.
What are the names of the two headwaters of the Ganga?
51.
The Brahmaputra is known as what in Tibet?
52.
In which state does the Tapi River rise?
53.
Where does the Ganga emerge onto the plains?
54.
A rectangular drainage pattern develops on which type of terrain?
55.
Where does the river Krishna originate?
